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Fileteado is a type of artistic drawing, with stylised lines and flowered, climbing plants typically used in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
, Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
. It is used to adorn all kind of beloved objects, signs, taxis, lorries and even the old Colectivo
Colectivo

Colectivo is the name given in Argentina to public transportation vehicles, especially those of Argentina's Capital , Buenos Aires. They represent one of the best-known traditions of the city....
s, Buenos Aires' bus
Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus can generally seat a maximum of anywhere from 8 to 200 passengers; many more passengers than a minivan....
es.

Filetes (the lines in Fileteado style) are usually full of colored ornaments and symmetries completed with poetic phrases, sayings and aphorism
Aphorism

The word aphorism denotes an original thought, spoken or written in a laconic and easily memorable form.The name was first used in the Aphorisms of Hippocrates....
s, both humorous or roguish, emotional or philosophical.






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Fileteado is a type of artistic drawing, with stylised lines and flowered, climbing plants typically used in Buenos Aires
Buenos Aires

Buenos Aires is the Capital and largest city of Argentina. It is located on the southern shore of the R?o de la Plata, on the southeastern coast of the South American continent....
, Argentina
Argentina

Argentina, officially the Argentine Republic , is a country in South America, constituted as a federation of 23 provinces and an autonomous city....
. It is used to adorn all kind of beloved objects, signs, taxis, lorries and even the old Colectivo
Colectivo

Colectivo is the name given in Argentina to public transportation vehicles, especially those of Argentina's Capital , Buenos Aires. They represent one of the best-known traditions of the city....
s, Buenos Aires' bus
Bus

A bus is a road vehicle designed to carry passengers. A bus can generally seat a maximum of anywhere from 8 to 200 passengers; many more passengers than a minivan....
es.

Filetes (the lines in Fileteado style) are usually full of colored ornaments and symmetries completed with poetic phrases, sayings and aphorism
Aphorism

The word aphorism denotes an original thought, spoken or written in a laconic and easily memorable form.The name was first used in the Aphorisms of Hippocrates....
s, both humorous or roguish, emotional or philosophical. They have been part of the culture of the Porteņos (inhabitants of Buenos Aires) since the beginnings of the 20th century.

For a modern example of its use, see the cover of the 2005 album Haughty Melodic
Haughty Melodic

Haughty Melodic is an album by Mike Doughty released on May 3, 2005. Doughty described the album as "a bunch of songs about yearning and redemption and happiness and hope." The album's sound is dense, stuffed full of multi-tracked guitars, horns, keyboards, and Doughty's own voice multiplied over himself in harmony; a departure both from...
 by Mike Doughty
Mike Doughty

Mike Doughty is an American singer and songwriter. He led the band Soul Coughing in the 1990s; in the 2000s he became a solo artist. His most famous songs include "Looking at the World from the Bottom of a Well" and "I Hear the Bells," both of which gained prominence from being featured on popular television shows....
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